Etymology
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From Latin in- + discriminatum discriminare ( “ to divide ” ) . Compare crime
Pronunciation
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( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ɪn.dɪsˈkɹɪm.ɪn.ət/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
Adjective
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indiscriminate (comparative more indiscriminate , superlative most indiscriminate )
Without care or making distinctions , thoughtless .
How can anyone be so indiscriminate in making friends as he is? 1983 Richard Ellis , The Book of Sharks , Knopf, →ISBN 126 :An animal so indiscriminate in its eating habits that it eats coal, boat cushions, and tomtoms, would be only too eager to taste a swimmer or a diver—which must look more edible than an unopened can of salmon.
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Translations
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Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless
Belarusian: непераборлівы ( njepjerabórlivy ) , непатрабавальны ( njepatrabavalʹny )
Bulgarian: безразборен (bg) ( bezrazboren ) , безсистемен (bg) ( bezsistemen )
Catalan: indiscriminat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不 加 區別 的 ／ 不 加 区别 的 ( bùjiā-qūbié de ) , 不 加 選擇 的 ／ 不 加 选择 的 ( bùjiā-xuǎnzé de ) , 不 加 鑒別 的 ／ 不 加 鉴别 的 ( bùjiā-jiànbié de ) , 不 分 好壞 的 ／ 不 分 好坏 的 ( bùfēn-hǎohuài de )
Finnish: ( of a person ) harkitsematon (fi) , sokea (fi) , arvostelukyvytön ( of an action ) harkitsematon (fi) , umpimähkäinen (fi) , sokea (fi) , silmitön (fi)
French: indiscriminé (fr)
German: unüberlegt (de) , wahllos (de) , willkürlich (de) , gedankenlos (de) , unbedacht (de) , unterschiedslos (de) , unkritisch (de) , ohne Unterschied
Italian: indiscriminato (it)
Japanese: 無差別 (ja) ( musabetsu )
Kazakh: алаламай ( alalamai )
Latin: promiscuus
Macedonian: безра́зборен ( bezrázboren ) , непро́мислен ( neprómislen )
Russian: неразборчивый (ru) ( nerazborčivyj ) , неизбира́тельный (ru) ( neizbirátelʹnyj )
Spanish: indiscriminado desconsiderado (es)
Swedish: oaktsam (sv) , urskillningslös (sv)
Ukrainian: нерозбі́рливий ( nerozbírlyvyj ) , невибірко́вий ( nevybirkóvyj )
